West Texas A&M University Procurement Card Program ......Director of Purchasing and Inventories West Texas A&M University Procurement Card Program Cardholder Allocation Guide OFFICE

Director of Purchasing and Inventories

West Texas A&M University

Procurement Card Program

Cardholder Allocation Guide

OFFICE PHONE: 651-2099 OFFICE FAX: 651-2109 EMAIL: PROCARD@WTAMU.EDU

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Contents

1. Account Functionality .................................................................................................... 3

2. How to Allocate Transactions ..................................................................................... 6

3. Splitting Transactions ................................................................................................. 13

4. Creating a Report ........................................................................................................... 17

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Account Functionality

1. This is the Home screen. The screen shows cardholder account

activity, news and links, scheduled reports, and completed

reports.

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2. The “My Profile” tab allows the user to edit their name, password,

challenge questions, and email address.

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3. The “Account Information” screen (under the Account Activity

tab) displays pertinent information about the cardholder and also

displays transaction limits.

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How to Allocate Transactions

1. Start at the home screen. Go to the account activity tab, and select

“Transaction Summary.”

Select transaction summary

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2. Select the reporting cycle for the month you are allocating. Then

click “search.”

3. Your transactions will appear at the bottom of the screen.

Select the icon to edit the account codes.

Select reporting cycle

Click search

Click here to edit the account codes

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4. Enter the expense description – no one word descriptions please!

5. Select your Division from the drop-down menu.

Enter the expense description

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6. Select your Department from the drop-down menu.

7. Select the account that you will use for the purchase.

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8. Select the most appropriate object code.

9. In the “Goods Received” field, select yes or no. Note: If the goods have NOT been received, you will need to complete a Procard Exception form to include in your log.

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10. Make sure to save your work after you allocate each

transaction so that no data is lost.

11. Once the transactions have been allocated, check the

“reviewed” box, and save. After you have reviewed the

transactions and saved your work, you will not be able to make

any more changes to the transaction.

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12. The transaction is now locked to prevent further editing. You

may choose at this point to click the “send email” button and send

an email to your supervisor or approver to let them know you

have allocated.

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Splitting Transactions

1. Splitting a transaction is done when a cardholder needs to

separate a purchase between more than one account number and

object code.

2. Click the split icon to create a split.

3. Transactions can be split by an amount or by a percentage of the

purchase.

4. You can also enter the number of splits you would like to create, and then click “add.”

Select amount or percent here

Enter the number of splits and click “add”

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5. Enter the description for each line item as well as the amount. Then save your work.

6. Click the button or “expand all” to expand the line items.

Enter descriptions Enter amounts

Click here to expand the line item

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7. Then click “Edit accounting codes” to enter the accounts for each

item.

8. Follow the normal process of selecting accounts and object codes.

When this is completed, make sure to save your work.

Click here to enter account numbers

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9. To navigate back to the Transaction Summary, use the

“breadcrumbs” at the top of the page.

10. If the split worked correctly, you will be able to view it on

your Transaction Summary screen.

11. You will still need to click the “reviewed” box and save your

work just like a normal transaction. Once you have reviewed and

saved your work, no additional editing will be permitted by the

system.

Use these links to return to the

Transaction Summary

Split should appear here

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Creating a Report

After all transactions are allocated, the cardholder will run a report of

their transactions for the month. This report should be submitted to

Purchasing in the procurement card log along with all receipts and other

necessary documentation.

1. From your Home screen, go to the Reports menu and select “RUN.”

Click to Schedule a Report

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2. Type “Accounting Code Detail” report in the search box and click

on the star to save to your favorites.

3. Click on Accounting Code Detail

Select this report Save to your favorites

Type here

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4. Leave everything as it is on Number 3 & 4 – nothing required

5. Check the box by “include splits” - ALWAYS – split or not!

Check this box.

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6. The next step is to select the frequency and date range for the report. You want the report to run according to the reporting cycle that you just allocated for. Then click “Submit Request”.

Note: The report will not run until the day after the cycle is over. For example, a report for the June 2017 billing cycle will not run until July 4th.

Select the appropriate reporting cycle

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7. Return to the home screen.

Note: The home screen is where you will check on the progress of your

report. The report may take a while to run, depending on the number of

transactions it covers.

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8. Click “DASHBOARD” under Reports to see completed reports. You

will also receive an email if you requested one.

9. Click on the name of the report to retrieve it and click “Download”.

Click here to open the report

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10. Choose “Open with” to open your report as pdf.

11. This is an example of how the report should look.